Leather-handle lantern



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. ROSSETTER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LEATHER-HANDLE LANTERN.

Application filed .Tune 24,

To (all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES F. Rossn'rrnn, a citizen of the United States. residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Leather-Handle Lanterns, of which the following is a speciiication.

My object is to make a leather handle lantern, and my invention consists of the novel features herein shown described and claimed.

Broadly my object is to make an improved insulated handle for various uses where an insulated handle is desired.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lantern provided with an insulated handle formed of leather in accordance with the principles of my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation on the same plane as Fig. 1 and showing the handle removed from the lantern.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the handle shown in Fig. 2, parts being shown in section.

Fig. at is a plan of one of the leather buttons used in making the handle. the view being taken looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 4 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on the line 55 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction ind cated by the arrows.

Referring to Figs. 2, 8. 4 and 5, the insulated portion 1 of the handle 2 is made of buttons 3 punched from old or new scrap leather. The buttons have circular outer edges 4 and perforations 5 and 6, the perforations 5 and 6 being" preferably diametrically arranged equal distances from the cen er.

The frame of the handle consists of a main wire 7, a supplemental wire 8, and ferrules 9 and 10. The wires 7 and 8 are passed through the openings 5 and 6 of a sufficient number of buttons to make a continuous line of buttons to produce the insulated portion 1 of the handle of the desired length and shape.

The ends of the wire 8 are twisted around the main wire 7 to form the connections 11 and the ferrules 9 and 10 are cast or formed against the ends of the insulated portion 1 to cover the connections 11. The ends of the main wire 7 project beyond the ferrules 9 and 10 to produce the arms 12 and 13 and the pintles 14L and 15 are bent at the lower Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

1919. Serial No. 306,488.

ends of the arms 12 and 13 to engage the sockets in the lantern frame 16.

Obviously, the lantern handle thus pro duced will not become overheated by conduction from the lantern and it will not become frosted in cold weather.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In an insulated leather handle, in combination, a double wire frame comprising a main wire and a shorter second wire having its ends connected to-the main wire; and a string of buttons formed of insulating material and adapted to be strung upon the double wire'frame, the main wire extending from the string of buttons and carrying means for connecting with the object to be handled.

2. An insulated handle of the class described comprising two wires forming a frame, leather buttons having two holes in each and adapted to be strung upon the two wires. the two wires being connected together at the ends of the string of buttons and one of the wires being longer than the other and extending beyond the connections and adapted to be connected to the object to be handled.

3. An insulated handle of the class described comprising two wires forming a frame, leather buttons having two holes in each and adapted to be strung upon the wires, the two wires being connected to gether at the ends of the string of buttons and one of the w res being longer than the other and extending from the connections and adapted to be connected to the object to be handled. and a ferrule covering the wire connections at the ends of the string of buttons.

4. In an insulated handle. a double wire frame comprising a main wire and a shorter second wire, the ends of which are connected to the ma n wire. said frame being bent U- sh ape, and a string of buttons formed of insulating material strung upon the double wire frame. the main wire extending from the string of buttons and carrying means at its ends for connecting with the object to be handled.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHAS. F. ROSSETTER. 

